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	DTI Tractography	Ecografia Funzionale
Campo	Diagnostica per immagini	Diagnostica per immagini
Famiglia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anno di origine	1999	2011
Ideatore	Peter Basser	Mickael Tanter
Tipo	Fiber tracking from diffusion MRI	High-framerate doppler imaging for hemodynamics
Fonte seminale	Basser, P. J., Mattiello, J., LeBihan, D. (1994). Estimation of the effective self-diffusion tensor from the NMR spin echo. Journal of Magnetic Resonance, Series B, 103(3), 247-254.	Macé, E., Montaldo, G., Trenholm, S., et al. (2011). Functional ultrasound imaging of the brain. Nature Methods, 8(8), 662-664.
Alias	Diffusion tensor tractography, White matter tractography, Fiber tracking	fUS, doppler ultrasound, ultrafast ultrasound
Correlati	5	5
Sintesi	Diffusion Tensor Imaging Tractography (DTI tractography) is a non-invasive neuroimaging technique that maps white matter fiber bundles in the brain by tracking the three-dimensional diffusion of water molecules along axons. Pioneered by Basser, Mori, and Conturo in the 1990s, DTI tractography reveals the structural connectivity of the brain, enabling visualization of major pathways (corpus callosum, arcuate fasciculus, corticospinal tract) and assessment of fiber integrity. It is widely used in neurosurgical planning, neurological disease assessment, and brain connectivity research.	Functional Ultrasound (fUS) is a high-framerate Doppler ultrasound technique that dynamically maps blood flow and hemodynamic changes in vivo with millisecond temporal resolution. Pioneered by Tanter, Macé, and colleagues in the 2010s, fUS enables real-time imaging of microvascular perfusion in the brain and other organs. By combining ultrafast acquisition (1000-5000 frames per second) with Doppler processing, fUS reveals functional activity (hemodynamic changes during stimulation or behavior) and vascular networks with unprecedented spatiotemporal detail.